Mrs. Blatt

I hope everyone has been enjoying the beautiful fall weather we have been having; I know we have appreciated watching the colourful leaves fall from the trees!  

The month of October was a busy one. For Thanksgiving, we received a generous donation of fruit from the kindergarten class at Balmoral Hall School. We enjoyed making a delicious fruit salad and writing a Thank You card, which sparked thoughtful conversations about what we are thankful for. It was wonderful to make personal connections and share them in new ways as a classroom community. Towards the end of October, we did a “pumpkin investigation” where students made observations and counted pumpkin seeds; they drew their own pumpkins too! A definite highlight from October was designing our "pasta" pumpkin craft, participating in Halloween themed centres, and when students came to school wearing their costumes on Halloween!

We continued learning about letters by practicing, identifying, printing, and learning the sounds that they make. So far, we have focused on the letters: Aa, Mm, Ss, Tt, and Pp. We have been applying our developing counting skills each day during calendar time and have been learning about a variety of shapes in math by identifying, sorting, and drawing various shapes. Speaking of shapes, we are beginning to work on our scissor skills; the students worked very hard on cutting out their own shapes for our math and art activities.

During the month of November, a learning topic we will continue exploring is “feelings.” Students have started to discover and identify a range of emotions, and we will continue to have conversations around strategies we can use to self-regulate our own feelings. Another important topic we will discuss is Remembrance Day; our focus will be discussions around the word, feelings, and ideas of “peace.”

I am looking forward to another fabulous and exciting month of learning! Just a friendly reminder: parent teacher conferences are on November 20^th and 21^st. I am looking forward to sharing the wonderful learning experiences your children have had in kindergarten so far this year during our upcoming conferences.